Cake-tin support.



No. 841,502. PATENTED JAN. 15, 1907. W. L. GALE.

CAKE TIN SUPPORT.

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CAKE-TIN SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 15, 1907.

Application filed October 20, 1906. Serial No. 339.823.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM LLOYD GALE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Cake-Tin Support, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to display-stands of that general classespecially designed for exhibiting cakes, biscuits, and similar articlesof food.

The object of the invention is to provide a display stand or rack havinga plurality of chambers or compartments for the reception of thecake-receiving boxes or tins, the latter being mounted for slidingmovement with the compartments, so that any particular box may bewithdrawn from its compartment and supported in an accessible positionwithout the necessity of removing the box from the stand.

A further object is to provide a sliding frame having a box-supportingtray pivotally mounted thereon and operatively connected with thedisplay-stand by pivotallyunited links or levers, whereby when the trayis withdrawn from the compartment the links will support said tray in ahorizontal position.

A further object is to provide means for locking the sliding flame inextended position and means for tilting the frame, thereby to releasethe locking means and permit the box to be housed within thecompartment.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it beingunderstood that various changes in form, proportions, and minor detailsof construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a display-standconstructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a transversesectional view.

showing in full lines the box-supporting tray in extended or operativeposition and in dotted lines in retracted or inoperative position. Fig.3 is a front elevation of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of one ofthe sliding tray-supportingframes detached. Fig.

5 is a front elevation of a portion of the display-stand. Fig. 6 is atransverse sectional view of one of the slidingframes partly withdrawnfrom the adjacent compartment.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all'of thefigures of the drawings.

The stand or rack consists of the corner posts or standards 5, havingspaced shelves 6 secured thereto and divided by vertical partitions 7,forming a plurality of compartments or chambers 8 for the reception ofthe cake-receiving boxes or tins, (indicated at 9.)

Slidably mounted within each of the compartments 8 is a substantiallyrectangular frame 9, having its rear end open and its longitudinal sidewalls provided with elongated slots or openings 10, adapted to engage arod 11 when the frame is withdrawn from the compartment to the positionshown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Pivotally mounted within the frame 9, as indicated at 12, is abox-supporting tray 13, one end of which is provided with anoperating-handle 14, by means of which the tray,

together with the supporting-frame 9, may be withdrawn from thecompartment, so as to permit the boxes or tins 9 to be supported inoperative position at one end of the displayrstand. The rod 11 issupported in suitable brackets 1 1, secured to the opposite sides of thedis play-frame, there being auxiliary brackets 16 secured to the shelves6 between the partitions 7, as shown. The brackets 16 are eachpreferably formed of a single piece of metal, one end of which issecured to the shelf 6; while the opposite end thereof is bent aroundthe rod 11 and thence extended rearwardly and downwardly and passedthrough an opening 17 extending vertically through the shelf.

Attention is called to the fact that the inclined faces 18 of theauxiliary brackets 16 by engagement with the frames 12 serve to elevatethe frames, together with the trays 13, so that the frames may clear therod 11, the notched walls of the tray 12 dropping by gravity intoengagement with the rod 11 and thereby locking the frame in extended oropnotches 10 from the rod 11 and permit the trays, together with theboxes or tins 9, to be positioned within the compartments 8. The trays13 are pivotally connected with the stand by means of links or levers20, having their adjacent ends pivotally united at 21 and their oppositeends pivoted at 22 to suitable supporting-brackets 23, secured to thebottom of the shelves 6 and the forward ends of the trays 13,respectively.

In operation when it is desired to obtain access to the contents of anyparticularbox or tin the frame 12, together with the tray 13, iswithdrawn from the adjacent compartment by exerting a longitudinal pullon the handle 14. As the frame 12 is withdrawn from the compartment saidframe will ride over the inclined face 18 of the auxiliarysupporting-bracket, and when the notches 1O register with the rod 11 therear end of the frame 9 will drop by gravity into engagement with saidrod, thus locking the frame in extended or operative position andsupporting the boxes or tins at one edge of the displaystand. In orderto move the tins or trays to inoperative position within thecompartments 8, it is merely necessary to exert an upward pull on thehandle 19, when the notches 10 will be disengaged from the rod 11, thusallowing the fram'e, together with the trays, to be moved longitudinallywithin said compartment. When the tray is moved to operative position,the links 20 will be disposed in alinement with each other, and thussupport the forward end of the tray, and when the trays are movedrearwardly within the com partments the links willassume the dottedineposition shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The displaystand may be constructed witn any number of tiers or shelvesfor the reception of the cake-receiving boxes, and, if desired, theupper tier of boxes instead of being supported by the rods 11 may bewithdrawn from the compartments and supported on the lower tier ofboxes, as will be readily understood.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that there is provided anextremely simple, inexpensive, and efficient device admirably adaptedfor the attainment of the ends in view.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is 1. Thecombination with a display-stand, of a frame slidably mounted on thestand and movable to extended and retracted position, means forsupporting the frame in operative position, a tray pivotally mounted onthe ame, and a connection between the tray and stand.

2. The combination with a display-stand, of a frame slidably mounted onthe stand and movable to extended and retracted position,

means for supporting the inner end of the frame, a tray pivotallymounted on the frame,

and a pivotal connection between the outer end of the tray and thestand.

8. In a display-stand, a-supporting-rod, a frame slidably mounted. onthe stand and adapted to engage the rod when the frame is moved toextended position, a tray pivotally mounted on the frame, and; a pivotalconnection between the tray and stand.

1. In a dis lay-stand, a supportingrod, a

frame slidab y mounted on the stand and provided with recesses adaptedto engage the rod when the frame is moved to extended position, a traypivotally mounted on the frame, and a pivotal connection between thetray and stand.

5. In a display-stand, a supporting-rod, a tray slidably mounted on thestand and provided with oppositely disposed recesses adapted to engagethe rod when the frame is moved to extended position, a tray pivotallymounted on the frame, a pivotal connection between the tray andthestand, and a fingerpiece carried by the tray for releasing the lat-- terfrom engagement with the rod thereby to permit the frame to be moved toretracted position.

6. In a display-stand, a supporting-rod, a.

bracket secured to the stand and provided with an inclined face, a frameslidably mount 'ed on the standard and movable in the path of thebracket to extended position, said frame being provided withoppositely-disosed recesses adapted to engage the rod for ocking theframe in extended position, a tray pivotally mounted on the frame, and apivotal connection between the tray and stand.

7. In a display-stand, a supporting-rod, a frame slidably mounted on thestand and provided with spaced recesses adapted to engage I the rod forlocking the frame in extended position, a tray pivotally mounted on theframe,

and links pivotally connected to the tray and stand, respectively, andhaving their inner ends pivotally united.

8. In a display-stand, supporting-brackets, a rod carried by thebrackets and spaced from one side of the stand, a frame slidably mountedon the stand and provided with oppositely-disposed recesses adapted toengage the rod for locking the frame in extended position, a traypivotally mounted on the frame, links forming a pivotal connectionbetween the tray and stand, respectively, and a finger-piece carried bythe tray for tilting the latter thereby to disengage the tray from therod to permit the frame to be moved to retracted position.

9. In a displaystand, pivotally united members slidably mounted on thestand. and adapted to support a receptacle, a pivotal connection betweenone'of said members and the stand, and means carried by the stand forsupporting the adjacent member.

10. In a display-stand, a supporting-rod,a plurality of pivotally-unitedmembers slidably mounted on the stand and movable to extended andretracted position, one of said members being adapted to engage the rod,and a pivotal connection between the opposite member and the stand.

11. In a display-stand, a sup orting-rod, pivotally-united membersslidab y mounted on the stand, one of said members being provided withspaced recesses adapted to engage the rod when said members are moved toextended position, a pivotal connection between the opposite member andthe stand,

and a finger-piece carried by the recessed member for tilting saidmember out of engagement with the rod when the members are moved toretracted position;

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WVILLIAM LLOYD GALE.

